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Proloquo4Text
4+

Text-based AAC

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Description

Proloquo4Text™ is a text‑based communication app that gives a voice to literate children, teens and adults who cannot speak. It is designed to enable easy conversation and full participation in society. It achieves this through a customisable single screen layout with quick access to personal phrases, word and sentence prediction and other effort-saving features. Free voices in 18 languages are included to enable natural-sounding communication.

“Proloquo4Text is a very intuitive Text to Speech app that puts the user in control. Next generation word and sentence prediction immediately make this app stand out. Powerful communication tools can be used to compose messages in record time. Another excellent, full featured AAC app from AssistiveWare which will be backed up with their usual incredible technical support.” - Jane Farrall, Consulting Speech Pathologist

Communicate with ease• Speak using single screen access to words, phrases and keyboard• Create, save and organise commonly used phrases• Switch between conversations easily• Show what you typed with the fullscreen view and flip text features

Reduce effort• Reduce typing with advanced, self-learning PolyPredix™ word prediction• Type once and say it again with history and sentence prediction• Decide when you speak with play, pause and speak as you type

Access easily• Optimised for Switch Control and VoiceOver• Enhance visual feedback with optional sentence or word highlighting• Communicate without an Internet connection

Support for Apple Watch• Use the Apple Watch folder on Proloquo4Text to create a list of commonly used phrases• Scroll through phrases and tap to show them fullscreen or speak out loud• Customise the contents shown on the Watch using Proloquo4Text on your iPhone

Share your world• Send email, messages, tweets and Facebook posts from Proloquo4Text• Write in Proloquo4Text and copy your text into another app• Listen to text by pasting into Proloquo4Text

Take your voice anywhere• Use Proloquo4Text on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch• Have a smooth transition when switching devices, thanks to Proloquo4Text’s consistent navigation on iPhone and iPad• Use multitasking functionality to run another app side-by-side on supported devices

AssistiveWare® is the developer of Proloquo2Go®, an award-winning symbol-based communication app that provides a voice to over 150,000 individuals around the world.

Read more at www.assistiveware.com/proloquo4text

Additional note:

Educational institutions can get a 50% discount if they purchase 20 or more licenses through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program for Education.

What's New

Version History

3.4

Dec 20, 2017

Version 3.4 introduces iPhone X compatibility and includes bug fixes. This version also includes the new features recently introduced in version 3.3:• Optimisation for iOS 11• Improved vision accessibility: adjust your preferred text size in Settings app and see your choice reflected in Proloquo4Text options and edit mode• Optimised support for 10.5” iPad

Thanks for using our app!

3.3.1

Oct 26, 2017

This update fixes bugs some users were experiencing after updating to iOS 11. If you have this version, now you won’t see any delays in text prediction, and all features remain visible when you rotate your device. We also addressed some minor bugs a few users reported related to punctuation and the cursor changing place.

This update also includes the new features recently introduced in version 3.3:• Optimization for the new iOS 11• Improved vision accessibility: adjust your preferred text size in Settings app and see your choice reflected in Proloquo4Text options and edit mode • Apple Watch app enhancement: the screen no longer dims when you flick your wrist to show text to your communication partner• Optimized support for 10.5” iPad

Thanks for using our app!

3.3

Sep 18, 2017

Proloquo4Text 3.3 is optimised for the new iOS 11, with additional accessibility features. New features include: • Dynamic Type to change user interface font size in menus and settings• Flip mode feature for Apple Watch• Support for 10.5” iPadThis version also includes minor bug fixes. With this update, the minimum supported iOS version is increased to 10.3, and watchOS increased to 3.3.

3.2

May 16, 2017

Proloquo4Text 3.2 adds two new Text to Speech voices to the Italian voice family: Aurora and Alessio. The high-quality voices are the first genuine Italian children’s voices available for AAC. The voices are recorded by and for children.

Proloquo4Text now offers 20 natural-sounding children’s voices in total, supporting kids with speech impairments worldwide. Before the release of the first children’s voices in 2012, only adult Text to Speech voices were available. With the genuine children’s voices young AAC users can finally communicate with a voice that resembles their own. All voices can be downloaded for free from within the app.

Version 3.2 also includes Apple Watch bug fixes and several other small enhancements.

3.1

Dec 13, 2016

With the latest watchOS, Apple allows developers to access the Text to Speech on Apple Watch. No need to say that twice. Proloquo4Text on Apple Watch now not only offers the ability to show your message to your communication partner, version 3.1 also allows you to speak the message out loud.

3.0

Jun 15, 2016

Welcome to Proloquo4Text 3.0! After paying close attention to feedback from our user community we’re introducing several new features and enhancements that will make the Proloquo4Text experience easier and better.

Support for iPad Pro and MultitaskingUsers of Proloquo4Text can now enjoy iPad Pro’s large screen. We’re also supporting the new multitasking functionality, so now it’s possible to use the split view mode with Proloquo4Text and have another app side-by-side on the iPad’s screen.

Easier to communicateTo help our users communicate more efficiently we introduced some changes to the Text Pad. The Play button is now larger and easier to tap for users with fine-motor challenges. When having a conversation in a noisy environment, users can now show what they typed thanks to the new full screen view and flip text features. And, to have a full and unobstructed view of the Text Pad, the Quick Blocks can be hidden with just one tap.

Improved experienceWe introduced several changes to version 3 to simplify and enhance the use of Proloquo4Text. The Edit Mode has been streamlined and the help interface is more intuitive than ever. A wider range of colours is now available when choosing background and highlight colours.

iPhone users can enjoy improved navigation that is more consistent with the iPad version, so switching devices is a smooth transition. This version also includes ten new voices: Sharon (American English voice), Claudia (German voice), Kal and Mia (Adult Swedish voices), Filip and Freja (Swedish children voices), Valentin and Elise (French children voices), and Elias and Emilie (Norwegian children voices).

We are looking forward to hearing what you think of Proloquo4Text 3.0. Share your feedback, questions and experiences by emailing us at support@assistiveware.com.

2.1.1

Oct 13, 2015

Improved support for iOS 9 and minor bug fixes.

2.1

Apr 18, 2015

- Adds Proloquo4Text for Apple Watch. The app provides quick access to a user configurable selection of phrases. When a phrase is tapped it will display flipped, full screen. By turning the wrist towards the communication partner the text can be easily read by the communication partner.

- Adds Sharona, a new natural-sounding American English female voice

2.0

Feb 12, 2015

Proloquo4Text 2.0 is a major update that significantly enhances the accessibility for users with motor challenges, that adds support for new languages and that enables, among others, users with ALS/MND, to use their own Text to Speech voice created with Acapela Group’s my-own-voice service.

New features:

- Optimized scanning order for iOS Switch Control- Adds Greek, Arabic and Russian voices and word prediction dictionaries- Adds support for Text to Speech voices created with Acapela Group’s my-own-voice service- Enhanced support for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

1.3

Sep 15, 2014

Based on feedback from our user community we added a new Quick Block called Conversations. This Quick Block allows you to switch back and forth between conversations. It was designed to make it easy to type an answer to a question and then switch back to the story you were telling.

The play and clear buttons are now positioned further apart to reduce the chance of accidentally clearing the Text Pad.

The Share menu now allows you to easily copy the contents of the Text Pad for use in another app.

You can even tell your story with the new French voice, Manon.

Version 1.3 also includes a number of small enhancements, including improved sentence prediction.

We’d love to hear what you think of Proloquo4Text so please share your feedback, stories of how you use it or ask questions by emailing us at support@assistiveware.com.

1.2

Apr 1, 2014

Proloquo4Text 1.2 is now fully translated in four additional languages: Italian, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. Optimized word prediction dictionaries are now included for all languages, including newly added ones for Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Turkish, Catalan, and Finnish.

Version 1.2 also includes a few small enhancements and adds support for announcements and news messages.

1.1

Jan 28, 2014

Proloquo4Text 1.1 offers three brand-new bilingual American Spanish and English Text to Speech voices permitting bilingual users to speak with the exact same voice in Spanish and English. They include one adult male voice (Rodrigo/Rod) and two children’s voices (Emilio and Valeria). These bilingual children’s voices are an industry-first co-developed by Acapela Group, AssistiveWare and Tobii Technology.

Version 1.1 also includes several other new voices: Robot (French specialty voice), Scott (genuine American English teenage boy voice), Nizar (British English male voice) and Monika (Polish female voice)

Based on user feedback we have also increased the size of the play button as well as the other icons.

Proloquo4Text 1.1 also includes support for using the word prediction with an external Bluetooth keyboard, the ability to add selected text from the Text Pad to the Phrases Quick Block and 30 smaller enhancements and fixes.

1.0.1

Dec 29, 2013

Proloquo4Text 1.0.1 offers over 75 refinements, including enhanced support for VoiceOver.

1.0

Nov 21, 2013

Dec 20, 2017

Version 3.4

Version 3.4 introduces iPhone X compatibility and includes bug fixes. This version also includes the new features recently introduced in version 3.3:• Optimisation for iOS 11• Improved vision accessibility: adjust your preferred text size in Settings app and see your choice reflected in Proloquo4Text options and edit mode• Optimised support for 10.5” iPad